A San Francisco jury awarded $20 million to a couple who was alledgedly exposed to asbestos by construction materials sold by Atlanta-based Georgia Pacific Corp. Joan and Daniel Mahoney filed the suit in 2006, after 69-year-old Joan developed a form …
The U.S. workers’ compensation insurance business is not for the faint of heart, according to an article published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services. The article, titled “Weakening Rates Could Squeeze U.S. Workers’ Comp Insurers Later This Year,” says the …
The Wisconsin state Supreme Court reinstated penalties against a firm accused of violating asbestos management rules in the renovation of the Milwaukee Theatre. The court ruled 4-3 that Harenda Enterprises Incorporated is liable for violating the state administrative code. It …
Consumer advocacy and public policy reserach group The Greenlining Institute is questioning whether California Commissioner Steve Poizner made a “masked attempt to target the poor.” According to a letter sent to the Commissioner’s office today, the group criticized Poizner for …
Citing a new national study showing that major roads in Oklahoma’s metro centers are among the worst in the U.S., State Rep. Mike Thompson announced that House Bill 3342 – which would require that all car tag and other motor …
The state of Louisiana must pay $6.3 million plus interest to a wreck victim severely injured when ejected from the car of a suspected drunk driver speeding in Baton Rouge in 1994, a state appellate court has ruled. The condition …
Federal officials issued trailers to Hurricane Katrina victims even though some workplace safety tests detected high levels of formaldehyde at government staging areas for the structures just weeks after the storm, a lawyer for hundreds of occupants said March 12. …
Above-average temperatures, low humidity and high winds fueled wildfires in parts of Oklahoma on Wednesday. At least four structures in northern Carter County were destroyed but no injuries were reported, authorities said. Another blaze charred dozens of acres near Carney, …
A jury has found a hospital liable in an 11-month-old boy’s beating death and ordered hospital officials to pay $400,000 in damages to the boy’s relatives. Six jurors deliberated more than eight hours before returning their verdict in the lawsuit …
Germany’s Allianz reported that it now estimates that net claims before taxes caused by windstorm “Emma” will be more than €200 million ($311 million). Allianz noted: “Damages are less severe than those caused by “Kyrill” last year (around €346 million …